Nursery Class

Butterfly Classes:

Learning

In Nursery, all children follow a curriculum that develops seven aspects of learning:

Personal, Social and Emotional Development

Physical Development

Communication and Language

Literacy

Mathematics

Understanding the World

Expressive Arts and Design

We use topics to provide a context for learning and we use a selection of themed picture books and stories as starting points. For example, We start our topic on Robots with a book called Wendell’s Workshop in which an inventor, Wendell, makes a series of robots but also learns that everyone has value and things are rarely perfect in every way. This story teaches us how to plan, build, improve and value our efforts and processes not just the end results. The story covers aspects from all seven areas of learning.

Our topics for the year are:

Autumn 1

Autumn 2

Spring 1

Spring 2

Summer 1

Summer 2

Settling in
Apples
Where in the world?

Making Friends
Feelings & Caring
Firework
Festivals
Christmas

Colours
Chinese New Year
Robots

Out in Space
Babies & Growing
Easter

Traditional Stories
Butterflies
Healthy Living

Writing Fun
Pirates
Sharks & Sea
Moving On

Detailed information about our Early Years Foundation Stage curriculum can be found on our Curriculum Downloads page and also keep an eye on our Whole School News page for the latest reports on class, year group and whole school events.

We hope you find this information helpful and please do not hesitate to come and see a member of the Nursery teaching team if you have further questions or queries.